It's simple in your mind because you can only understand the attempt to keep the law as a person trying to justify themselves. You along with multitudes of others in the church are literally incapable of comprehending keeping the law of Moses for any other reason than for justification. You are only under the curse of the law for keeping it if you are keeping it for the express intent of justifying yourself.
That's not what scripture says. Scripture says that if you work at the law you are under the curse because you are on the hook for ALL of it.
Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
The church doesn't seem to realize that it keeps part of the law, not all of it, yet it is not condemned. But they are quick to say that observant law keeping Christians are condemned because by keeping just one law they condemn themselves for not keeping all of it. If that's true for the church, then it is true for them.
But we know that's not true anyway. You are only obligated to keep the entire law to the letter if you are doing that to try to be justified. That is when nothing less than complete and perfect obedience to the letter of the law is required. But law keeping Christians do not keep the law for that purpose. So this claim that they have to keep all of it perfectly does not apply.
I'll let you in on a little secret.
There is no such thing as a law keeping Christian.
There are those who work at the law and fail. Because the law is not fulfilled by a persons carnal will and carnal strength.
And there are those who Rest in Christ.
May I ask why you pick and choose the laws that you follow?
For example, you don't make animal sacrifices (because Christ fulfilled those laws) yet you attempt to keep 'love your neighbor as yourself'-Leviticus 19:18.
Explain your reasons why you choose to do some of the law and it's okay, but that's not okay for others to do.
I don't pick and choose laws.
I am dead to laws.
I am alive to Christ and His Holy Spirit.
...Only if being 'under the law of sin and death' means trying to be justified by the law.
It means working at it because your carnal understanding has told you that is what is right and good.
What is this talk about resting from the 10 Commandments? Faith in Christ upholds the law of Moses-Romans 3:31.
I don't think you understand what you have just said.
You get one or the other. Your work at the 10 commandments or Rest in Christ by Faith.
Faith in Christ DOES fulfill the law of Moses. Your carnal understanding and carnal work does not.
Why is seeking to be obedient always you working in your own strength? Can't it ever be a person seeking to follow the Spirit at work in them leading them to be obedient?
You are seeking to be obedient to your own understanding of which laws you think are most important.
That is not obedience.
Then please explain why you only keep part of it then.
I don't look to the law to try and keep any of it in my own understanding.
I look to Christ and He grows the fruit of obedience in me.
Any time I attempt to grow these fruit by my own understanding and strength I fail. Without the Lord Jesus Christ we can do nothing.
Coming to Him and receiving Rest should have shown us that.
Galatians 3:24-25
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
DO you see the parallels here? Do you see what Christ is telling us?